diff --git a/canopen/network.py b/canopen/network.py
index 00c21cf0..075fcdec 100644
--- a/canopen/network.py
+++ b/canopen/network.py
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ def add_node(
         node: Union[int, RemoteNode, LocalNode],
         object_dictionary: Union[str, ObjectDictionary, None] = None,
         upload_eds: bool = False,
+        block_transfer: bool = False,
+        eds_format_handler : Callable = None
     ) -> RemoteNode:
         """Add a remote node to the network.
 
@@ -152,6 +154,12 @@ def add_node(
             :class:`canopen.ObjectDictionary` object.
         :param upload_eds:
             Set ``True`` if EDS file should be uploaded from 0x1021.
+        :param block_transfer:
+            Set ``True`` if EDS file should be uploaded using block transfer mechanism
+            This can increase speed if supported
+        :param eds_format_handler:
+            Handler for generating .eds in case a custom format is used (object 0x1022)
+            This is manufacturer specific and can be used to extract a compressed EDS
 
         :return:
             The Node object that was added.
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ def add_node(
         if isinstance(node, int):
             if upload_eds:
                 logger.info("Trying to read EDS from node %d", node)
-                object_dictionary = import_from_node(node, self)
+                object_dictionary = import_from_node(node,self,block_transfer,eds_format_handler)
             node = RemoteNode(node, object_dictionary)
         self[node.id] = node
         return node
diff --git a/canopen/objectdictionary/eds.py b/canopen/objectdictionary/eds.py
index 872df234..269cfa48 100644
--- a/canopen/objectdictionary/eds.py
+++ b/canopen/objectdictionary/eds.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from ConfigParser import RawConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 from canopen import objectdictionary
-from canopen.sdo import SdoClient
+from canopen.sdo import SdoClient, SdoAbortedError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -167,21 +167,39 @@ def import_eds(source, node_id):
     return od
 
 
-def import_from_node(node_id, network):
+def import_from_node(node_id, network,block_transfer =False,eds_format_handler = None):
     """ Download the configuration from the remote node
     :param int node_id: Identifier of the node
     :param network: network object
+    :param block_transfer: use block transfer
+    :param eds_format_handler: Callable with custom logic that should return the EDS
     """
     # Create temporary SDO client
     sdo_client = SdoClient(0x600 + node_id, 0x580 + node_id, objectdictionary.ObjectDictionary())
     sdo_client.network = network
     # Subscribe to SDO responses
     network.subscribe(0x580 + node_id, sdo_client.on_response)
+    # Get Storage format (0x1022)
+    try:
+        storage_format = int.from_bytes(sdo_client.upload(0x1022,0),byteorder="little")
+    except SdoAbortedError as e:
+        # Default to 0 if not present
+        storage_format = 0
+        logger.debug("Failed to read object 0x1022, for EDS storage format, default to ASCII (0)")
     # Create file like object for Store EDS variable
     try:
-        eds_fp = sdo_client.open(0x1021, 0, "rt")
-        od = import_eds(eds_fp, node_id)
+        if eds_format_handler is not None:
+            eds_raw_fp = sdo_client.open(0x1021, 0, "rb",block_transfer=block_transfer)
+            # Custom format handler must return a fp or string to extracted EDS file
+            eds_fp = eds_format_handler(eds_raw_fp,storage_format)
+        else:
+            if storage_format != 0:
+                logger.warning("Trying to read EDS with ASCII format (0) even though storage format is not 0")
+            eds_fp = sdo_client.open(0x1021, 0, "rt", block_transfer=block_transfer)
+        od = import_eds(eds_fp,node_id)
+
     except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
         logger.error("No object dictionary could be loaded for node %d: %s",
                      node_id, e)
         od = None
diff --git a/doc/network.rst b/doc/network.rst
index 4fad9cd4..fffd562d 100644
--- a/doc/network.rst
+++ b/doc/network.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,31 @@ Add nodes to the network using the :meth:`~canopen.Network.add_node` method::
     local_node = canopen.LocalNode(1, '/path/to/master_dictionary.eds')
     network.add_node(local_node)
 
+Some nodes store their EDS, using object 0x1021.The node can be added using
+it's internal EDS in the following way::
+    
+    # Add node and import EDS from node
+    node = network.add_node(6,upload_eds=True)
+
+    # Optional block_transfer enabled
+    node = network.add_node(6,upload_eds = True, block_transfer = True)
+
+    # Optionally add a handler if the file uses a specific format in order to 
+    # create an EDS. This is an example with a zip compressed EDS.
+    import zipfile
+    from io import BytesIO, TextIOWrapper
+
+    def unzip_eds_handler(fp,storage_format):
+      zip = zipfile.ZipFile(BytesIO(fp.read()))
+      io = TextIOWrapper(zip.open(name="device.eds"),encoding="ascii")
+      return io
+      
+    node = network.add_node(6,
+                           upload_eds = True, 
+                           block_transfer = True, 
+                           eds_format_handler = unzip_eds_handler)
+
+
 Nodes can also be accessed using the ``Network`` object as a Python dictionary::
 
     for node_id in network: